Shloka 64
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
ततस्तयोः स तत्त्वज्ञो रोगघ्नैरौषधै रसैः ।
चकार नीरुजौ देहौ स्वरोचिरपराजितः ॥
tatas tayoḥ sa tattvajño rogaghnair auṣadhai rasaiḥ / cakāra nīrujau dehau svarocir aparājitaḥ
Entonces Svārociṣa, conocedor de los principios y jamás vencido, mediante hierbas que destruyen la enfermedad y esencias medicinales, dejó libres de dolencia los cuerpos de ambas.
FAQs
Knowledge is validated by its capacity to remove suffering. The text honors practical wisdom (tattvajñāna expressed as healing skill) as a dharmic good.
Manvantara narrative: while not a cosmological passage, it exemplifies how Purāṇas use Manu-era stories to transmit applied sciences and ethics.
Herbs and rasas indicate ‘earthly’ means; the teaching is that even curse-linked affliction can be mitigated through aligned knowledge—suggesting karma is not fatalism but a field where remedies operate.